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2025 Washington Class Championships - Anand (2000-2199)

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20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1879, and top seed was Leonid Gavrish (🇺🇦 UKR, 1956).

Sangeeta Dhingra (🇺🇸 USA, 1797) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Jeffrey Wei (4.0) and Varun Venkat (4.0).

The biggest upset came in round 6: Keshav Beegala (1758) beat Nicholas Whale (1909), a +151-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦Leonid Gavrish1956
Avg top 10
1,879
Participants
20
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×16
🇮🇳India×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R4; 4 players tied at 4.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1
4
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Dhingra4Wei4Gavrish4Venkat4Verma3.5Li3.5
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Sangeeta Dhingra held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/6. Dhingra takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sangeeta Dhingra beat Jeffrey Wei (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sangeeta Dhingra*
1
½
½
2Jeffrey Wei
0
*——
3Leonid Gavrish
½
—*
½
4Varun Venkat
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dhingra, Sangeeta1797USA+16B+6N+2B=4N=3N−7B4.019.021.013.501969+27.2
2Wei, Jeffrey1818USA+8B+11B−1N+5B=7N=6N4.018.020.513.001957+44.4
3Venkat, Varun1874USA+18N+10B+5NF=1B=4N4.015.515.511.502103+56.4
4Gavrish, Leonid1956UKR−10N+18B+15N=1B+12N=3B4.015.016.510.001960+0.2
5Verma, Darsh1906USA+13B+9N−3B−2N=14B+10N3.516.519.09.751909+2.0
6Han, Shuyi1815USA+17N−1B=14N=11B+15N=2B3.515.017.08.501884+24.0
7Li, Shawn1805USAF=15B=11N+10B=2B+1N3.515.015.010.752000+52.4
8Beegala, Keshav1758USA−2N=16N+17B=15B=13N+11B3.513.015.07.751902+47.6
9Pikh, Akim1841UKR+20N−5B−10N=14B+18N+12B3.512.513.56.251879+14.0
10Thorwe Pratik1826IND+4B−3N+9B−7N=11N−5B2.518.521.08.751825-0.8
11Whale, Nicholas1909USA+12B−2N=7B=6N=10B−8N2.517.019.57.251743-27.4
12Ramkumar, Nikhil1781USA−11N+20B=16N+13B−4B−9N2.514.515.54.501810+7.6
13Bartron, PaulFM1929USA−5N+19BF−12N=8B+15B2.513.013.05.251806-16.0
14Patankar, Vijay1820USAFF=6B=9N=5N+20B2.511.511.56.251929+23.2
15Eksarevskiy, Albert Alex1900USA+19B=7N−4B=8N−6B−13N2.017.018.55.001700-64.0
16Zhou, Yuchen1795USA−1N=8B=12B=19N−17N=18B2.013.515.04.501636-51.2
17Shenoy Siddharth1715IND−6BF−8N−18N+16B+19N2.012.012.03.501704-1.6
18Nallappa, Vijay1826USA−3B−4N−19N+17B−9B=16N1.515.517.03.001618-64.4
19Boey, Chad1685USA−15N−13N+18B=16B−20N−17B1.510.011.02.501630-16.8
20Mishra, Abhinav1774USA−9B−12NFF+19B−14N1.010.010.01.501589-38.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets